Posted 4 years ago on Jan. 30, 2013, 12:32 p.m. EST by john32
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from Pittsburgh, PA
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Why do you ban posts? I don't get it....who decides what is suitable and what isn't? Why filter information people are allowed to see? Not writing this to be a idiot...i honestly want to know.

To me it flies in the face of everything this movement is about...information un-impeded to the people. Banning information is what dictators do to influence the way people think. Aren't we above that here? Doesn't everyone get a voice?

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What comment of yours have they banned? I thought an anti racist post I made was benned but then it showed up. I do know that they reserve the right to bann without any explanation so you may get no response.

Wow, no matter what I do (and some of them are relatively high level), they still know it's me -- the same things used to work. Maybe they recognize my computer's handshake. Maybe this is a gubmint monitoring site. Hi fellas!

I like Occupy, but that doesn't mean I hide my head in the sand when I see problems with it. There is a lot of censorship. The fact you haven't noticed this is quite surprising. Your karma points indicate that you're an addict here. You come here everyday since you have nothing else to do. Don't you see all the censorship? You also know that Occupy is a communist protest and that communists have a history of censorship. It's a disadvantage that comes with the package. I accept it. I can live with it. It doesn't mean I wish it was that way.

It doesn't help Occupy to follow it like a cult follower who agrees with everything that goes on.

I didn't mention Stalin at all. I'm comparing Occupy to communist organizations of the past, not to the theory of communism which you find in the works of scholars. Occupy is not theory, it's practice.

Who says I have not seen censorship in action? I tend to look at what was censored. Basically distractions and items of a divisive nature or items that have nothing to do with moving forward to a better healthier society for ALL.

My Karma points indicate that I have been on this forum for quite a while - without getting booted.

Yeah so - you are saying that the MSM is communist now? R U also saying that the government is communist as well? I mean they do a lot of censoring.

The only thing I said is the truth. Occupy is based on communism and communists are known for censoring information and shying away from transparency. These are the biggest problems that have plagued Occupy from the beginning. It's no secret that their lack of transparency lost them many supporters who had donated and couldn't track what happened to their money.

No problem - I think that it is part of taking part in the forum that individuals should talk to the forum site admin - but that we also need to get familiar with the information that is available already prior to exploring or advancing changes - as those questions may have already been addressed - does not mean that they can't be discussed further "IMO" - but it lets us see what reasoning has been used - and so provides information to forward further thought/consideration.

I think the gist of it ( forum activity goals ) is having discussions on how to move forward - the people moving forward to regain control of society. Like I said the rules page could be updated - send in a request - list things you feel are missing or are unclear.

Read the forum rules. 9/11 conspiracy theories are banned for the sanity of all posters here. You can debate that topic on the thousands of sites that conspiracy theorists have setup over the years. 9/11 conspiracy theories are basically spam, and that's why they are banned.